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From presidents Carter, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush.

President Kennedy and John Glenn

February 23, 1962

Source: National Archives

On February 23, 1962, President John F. Kennedy presented the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut John Glenn. The President, left, and Glenn, behind right, inspected the interior of the Friendship 7 space capsule in Cape Canaveral, Florida.